Morphometric studies on the testes of rats treated neonatally with oestrogen and subsequently with gonadotrophins and testosterone

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-231

  Limanowski, A ^b   Miskowiak B ^a   Otulakowski, B ^a   Partyka, M ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gonadotrophins; Perinatal oestrogenization; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032780635     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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